I Hate How You Shared This Blog

No, I’m not talking about you, nice lady that shares articles she likes … I’m talking about YOU! Yes you Mr. Spamtastic. You know what I don’t get about you? There is absolutely no way on God’s green earth that your methods of batching and blasting tweets has ever paid-off for you. Yet, you plug along, with your bot-like-finding of Social Media blogs, automated copying the text, and auto-blasting it out on Twitter and other Social channels.

Is this what Social Media has come to? Is it so necessary that some of you panic and decide to automate the hell out of your marketing?

Before you get all defensive, I must say that I too use tools that some would consider automation. We schedule tweets and messaging for our clients at Speak Social. Scheduled messaging is an absolute necessity, and part of every effective Social Media campaign. Trust me, this is not aimed at you Hootsuiters out there. You are all good in my book.

Have you ever Twi­tter-searched the title of a blog you published? Go ahead, do that now … search for this blog title in fact. What you will find is a sea of words, all the same, direct from Skynet (if you don’t know what Skynet is, Google it). Pull feed, automate tweet, send out post, rinse and repeat. Seldom will you find someone who has added his or her own original thoughts or ideas. It is a sea of automated tweets that all look the same.

Why did I write this blog? First, I did it just to spite the spammers out there who will share this out the same way that they share everything. Except this time, there will be my glorious title: I Hate How You Shared This Blog.

My other reason for writing this blog is to deter those of you who have not yet gone to the Dark Side (you should not have to Google that).

Andy focuses on capturing the attention of the communities that he builds for Speak Social. Our campaigns include various moving parts on multiple Social channels. A previous Project Manager for Integrated Technologies Inc., Andy held projects together with years of experience in streamlining process and communicating efficiently. These talents have made him a sought after Community Manager, earning him an invite-only position on the Klout Squad; something only awarded to those who prove their worth in Influencer Marketing. His success has also earned him the distinction of Rising Star in Social Media from Finger Candy Media. His blogs appear on Social Media Today, USAToday.com, FuseTV and DallasMorningNews.com. Most recently, he was written about on Gawker.com for his charitable online work with Team Adalia Rose.
Andy Gonzalez on Google+ @AndyViral